| Words and Music: Nanci Griffith |
| VERSE 1 |
| G | Am | |
| Your phone call took me by surp | rise |
| D | G | |
| Gee it's been a long, long t | ime |
| Am | |
| Since those hot and humid T | exas nights |
| Am | D | G | |
| When we went sw | immin' in the tide |
| Am | D | |
| Corpus Christi seems so | far away |
| G | |
| And I'm not talkin' 'bout the m | iles |
| Am | D | |
| There ain't much I wouldn't g | ive today |
| D | G | |
| Just to s | ee one of your sm | iles |
| CHORUS |
| C | D | |
| But here I sit alone in De | nver |
| D | G | |
| Sippin' C | alifornia w | ine |
| C | D | |
| And I've got all night to re | member you |
| G | |
| I'm in a Lone Star State of m | ind |
| VERSE 2 |
| I just saw John Wayne on the late late show |
| Save the girl and ride away |
| And I was hopin' as the credits rolled |
| He'd make it back to her some day |
| REPEAT CHORUS |
| BREAK |
| BRIDGE: |
| Am | D | |
| It's a th | ousand miles or m | ore |
| Am | D | |
| From h | ere to your front d | oor |
| Am | Bm | Em | |
| I'd be th | ere tomorrow i | f I left tod | ay |
| Am | D | |
| And I'd just p | ack up my guit | ar |
| Am | Em | |
| You know it's re | ally not that f | ar |
| C | D | |
| When you c | alled you said I'd have a place to st | ay |
| REPEAT CHORUS |
| C | D | |
| Yeah I've got all night to rem | ember you |
| G | Am | C | D | G | |
| I'm in a Lone Star State of m | ind |